LOVE AND ROCKETS Book Two

In 1982, Fantagraphics Books published the first issue of Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers (Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario), and the series has since gone on to become the publisher’s flagship title, a monumental work of graphic fiction. This 1986 issue collects together the 3rd & 4th issues under the umbrella of L&R, the series is comprised of two separate ongoing stories: Gilbert chronicles the colorful inhabitants of the fictional Latin American town of Palomar, while Jaime follows Latinx friends and sometime lovers Maggie and Hopey and their circle of friends in the punk scene of the fictional Californian town Hoppers. Over the course of L&R’s multi-decade run, its characters have aged in real time, lending these stories a depth and weight that few literary works achieve There are 14 stories, included are: Sopa de Gran Pena, Heartbreak Soup, Love and Rockets, Maggie vs. Maniakk, More Music for Monsters III, and Hey Hopey.  Out of Print. Condition: Very Good. Two bumped corner and slight rubbing.